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Errors which have been promin- ent in the majority of their gam- es all season again played a lead- ing part as City All Stars loot out!

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And the result. in addition to! losing for the All Stars the third on t0 Win 24 spot in the standing; might. also mean early elimination from the race. F‘or it is no secret that ac- cording to opinion of the majority Mike of the league followers that Air- H9858!’ l" "l9 craftsmen at present. look to he _ the strongest team in the lea ue andill Perfect- evening afield. that is Just who All Stars wli nave to meet in the semi -final round

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Several of the All Stars‘ players lhcmseives in conversation Nlih am; writer made no bones about rctrer meeting the officers in the sfifinals than the Aircrafts- men and were really pointing for

Monday night's encounter.

And for over two-thirds of the game that 7-2 lead they built up looked to be plenty. Biit that nine run splurge by the Navy in the last lull cf the seventh again wrote

finia in their chances. e - .

However after being practically "d at one stage 0i the lace had the necessary punch a: into a playoff spot. No doubt about it they have the anil- ity on their lineup to make it hot for any of the other three teams but they cannot go committing er- rors or they will find themselves

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to Sfluct‘

eliminated in short order.

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we are indebted to A. infest 1° Iltgs for the followin letter re- ceived recently from innipeg. It regards the impressions published in this column some time ago 1e- gairiing the old C A A Grounds or Abcgweit grounds as they were

kncwn then.

Ills letter contained some inter- esting notes that this writer knew nothing about and I am sure that the letter contained below will prove of much interest not only w the older athletes but also to the youn-

ger ones.

SSYS Ml‘. IDJGI

“My copy oi flu Guardian foi- loivs me around. In s recent num- ber I was pleased to read in your column some notes regarding the old C A. A. grOunds. Here are a

few more.

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“The land was loosed from the Connolly Estate at a very reason- able rental. The contract for the Work included fencing the track. and was given to Mr Joseph Crabbe who did an excellent lob.

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"The quarter-mile track was pri- rgiarily hfor blicyfgle aacing, the turns elm: eavlf.’ an ed. It was not . . M531 m. mot racing helm we ,.]o_ Chuck from E. Ronald Harrimins sely packed and hard on the sur- Ame" lmmestend‘ established him,‘ face anti lacking the resilience of a ilegngfezgmfgxxwrgfiel?‘ “ext years _ _ _ the fastest mllektif the year Olga- two H .- year olds in ta ng the $5. Ar- Th‘ survey work for leveu’ thur s. Tompkins Memorial at the opening of Good Time Parks three- day grand circuit meeting today. Driven by Harry Pownsill, Titan Hanover led all the way in heats. He took the first brush in 2.09 with several lengt _ and trotted the second mile in 2:07.; Octave Blake's Axomite from Plain- fleld. N. J., was runner-up in both

George J Rogers and E H Beer, h

cinder track.

grades, etc., was carried out in his usual meticulous way by Mr. Thomas May without charge to the C A. A I a a

"I think that Mr. Justice Ar- senault and thyself (Mr lngsi are the only surviving members of the original board of directors. With us wcr: associated Mr. Brent Dawson,

all. of whom have passed away. . . J

"Shortly after the opening of the C. A A grounds Upper Prince Street ans continued through as it is at present. Bicycle racing at that time was at peak of popular- ity, almost, to the exclusion of oth- CI‘ EVPTHS.

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"The athletes that come to my mind as most prominent in the early days are, Lorne Unsvtorth. a very popular athlete. the two Cooks, W C and Ed. Frank Mac- Kenzie of Summerside, the la Senator Prowse and Col. W. Prowse. Gauclet. the late Dr. Reddin and many others whose names I can- not at this moment recall.

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“A few years later track and field events became popular and were the first amateur meets on P. E Island Among distinguished participants I remember Ellery Clarke who took part in the first Olympic games in Athens. He re- presented tbe Boston A. A. A. jafterwards turning to fiction writ- ng.

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"Aim Prank Stephens of Halifax. the 100 and 220 yards champion of his day. Like yourself I regret the gassing of interest in track and

eld sports. Perhaps the advent of the auto l; responsible. On the oth- er hand ff we had no autos hun- drcds of golf links in Canada would have to close down,” the writer con- eludes.

Baseball Results

__.i_ 1E". INIIINATIONAL ‘if Montreal 0. Syracuse l3 v; Baltimore 2. Rochester 5 - \ Newark 5. Toronto 0

FARM FDR SALE

Farm of tlle late John MacLennan, of Huntsville. Lot 30. 71 acres of land. and llx acres adjoining. and ten of firewood, with buildings thereon. three streams of water flowing through. 60 acres oi’ clear land.

Aimly "JOHN MaeLENNAN. JR. New Wlltahlre, R. R. 2

§PORTl NEWS

Wings Defeat Tigers In First Of K. Of C. Finals

The finals in the Knights of stab of Don McDonald's drive; and Columbus softball league was start- Whalen's catch of Connolly's high ed last evening when the Tigers centre field fly. and Wings met in the first game;

the Wings bunching hits in third and fifth innings with men tory. on bases for fourteen runs in the [good and played everything sight Monday night to the Navy in theitwo innings salted the game away. ‘and deserved the win on the eve- City league playoff game (or third-The Tigers made a bid for it in. place. . th sixth inning, however, |Wings tightened up before ge was done and went

ning’s play. The fol owing lined h1g1 Wings-M. McKenzie, . Whalen. White. J. Haug- liey, C. Dowling. W. John Haughey was right at home. McNeil], l". Gormley.

striking out ten while the opposing pitcher Mike Hennessey had two. Hen

M. Henneesey. J. But- ler. D. McDonald. M. Walsh. E. Blanchard.

Umpire at the piste, Pius Cal-

i Johnston 22d nlliealbéslfilsf-tdnr. Herb.

nexts géame will be Friday

3 Beavers and Larks in the Junior True T0 Life. League play this morning at l0

Ken McKenzie of the Wings heal

down hard drives Hennesseys. Don McDonald

Walsh. I

Other highlights included Jack Hennesseys two double first; Jack Haugheyls homer wit

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THEATRES

°"°"""°' E’ Roddy McDowall Tigers - Campbell. Mahar. J. Dona“ crisp Connolly, .1. Edmund Gwenn Nigel Bruce

The Picture That Is

Montague Friday 8:45 P. M.

Sloftballjheague Playoffs Open Here On Thursday Is Decision Reached

City league softball playoffs will, meet the All Stars in their second playoff encounter and if Officers Officers. and Navy need a third game to de- cide the winners'they will tangle in the third game of their series. Then providing All Stars-Aircrafts-

get underway here evening at 6.30 with th top ranking team in the season's schedule tangling with the Navy, third place winners in a best of three semi-final series. it was! men should go to a third game announced at a meeting of league] they will meet on Tuesday the 22nd officials held at the Queen Cliar-, but. if the two semi-final winners ight should cop in straight victories 0n Sunday All Stars who wound up in fourth place will meet the series will get underway on the Aircraftsmen second place hoiders»22nd. in the first game of another best of three semi-final series. It was also decided that no games l led th

e league games so capably would be played during Old Home ' k

all season will again offlclate at e all playoff games. it was also an- On Sunday August 20th Airmen nounced.

Men's Island Golf Title To Be Decided Over Green Gables Course Today “We "w Gem-n evil-oak

screen in ita path in s. follow -hup

Racing Results

HEN. N. Y.. Aug. 8-— (AP)- Tltan. Hanover, son of al

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an . Players from both Summers"

and Charlottetown will take part ‘$91 m’ s’ and close to 00 entries are expect- '

d. Plav will get underway at 2

Final Standing

THE SUMMARIES

0 trot. 3 heats. purse 0900 Love Song Brm (Berry) Captain January Chg (Mayo) 1 Tower, Chg (Havens) 2 Blue Boy, bg (Mahoneyl Frank Spencer also started

Time 2:07 l-4. 2:05 3-4, 2:04

The Geers. two year old Dav

g in the City Senior

Texas Hanover, Bc (C. Flem-

has-Munr- t- oi-nnuoss-q

in w High Command. Che (Vine-

Deep Thoughts. Bc (Hylandl 6 4 On Parade, TNT Hal. Clta Hal and Shep Hanover also started. Time 2.07 l-2. 2.07. The Tompkins Memorial. two year old trot. 2. 8, 3. stake $6.000.

Station Softball Playoffs Get

Remember When

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were overturned and windows of buildings surrounding Liberal rid-

Softbali league playoffs ror the m‘ headquarters were smashed’

championship of the RCAF station here got underway at the station diamond last night with the Of- ficers defeating the Messes l0 in the opening game of a best two out of three series.

teams are in the with the winners of the finals bracket meeting geants and Westerners meml-finals to decide the that will go into the finals.

If. 0f 0. Toiiiiis

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wounded. by friends. in hospital was a 17-year-old youth _ who was caught between the rival _ "

The melees came within a few hours of each other in St. Jamel ~ riding in the east central section of the city. Liberal were attacked first and la er the Union Naticnale committee rooms

Only one match was played yes- terday in the ladies sin les. Helen Connolly winning from

the Junior tournament 7-5. C. Bradley won from F.

atehes in the men's doubles will get under way this afternoon enlng

street east was littered with brok- o glass. smashed bottles which he! teen used as weapons,

Provincial police stepped in late in the day and arrested 7i persons while seizing what was described as an arsenal of knives of all description». black-jacks, daggers

3.30 pm. - Men's Doubles -M. Hennessey and J. Do le vs. J. Corn- ly and C. Oallag an. Ladies Doubles - B. Doyle and P. Coyle vs. Maureen Drown an

m. -- Menu Singles -

and miscell- Police said those, d arrested were charged with illegal -)osse.=slon of aims and that most] of them gave out of town address-- es.

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lea - Louise Hessian ' The the is a Chinese musical il- attlnll.

Montague Saardlly“ 7:30 and 9:45 P. M.

"iEFn;;aTy_ s and 10 P. M.

TWO SHOWS MATI NEE

The Wings’ new sweaters may the have something to do with the vic-

At any rate the bu s look

— Hon. Capt. W. A. Seaman Casualty" Victim In France

Mrs. W. A. Seaman, Riva:- John. received official word Friday, July 30 that her husband Hon. Ca hill’

A. Seaman. lately o! ver ~ July 2t as a result]

of l ‘ ’ in France on Jul! i4. in the head. the right thigh I an the knee. He was a son of.

luv. W. John, died on

William J. Seaman and In. ht

mart and was born in Sprlngfie“.

P. Ii. 1., on Juno i4, 1010. He r ‘ ‘

ne Hill Divinity Hall. He held pastorates at Rawdon. I-lants 00.. from 1081-8 and at River John, Pictou Co.. from 10004044 when he enlisted as a chaplain in May of that year. lie served in this cog:-

city in Sydney and Aldershot fore going overseas in i043

. He was serving as a chaplain at the

time of his

oath. He is survived by his wife, the former Louise Trueman. a gradu- ate of Mount Allison University in

i004 and a daughter of the late Dr. John Truaman, former princi- pli of the N. S. Agricultural Col- lege, ‘rruro. and Mrs. Trueman now living with her daughter at River John. and by two young children. Lorna 5, and Andrew 2 and i-2 years of age. He also leaves his

parents. Mr. Seaman being empluy- l 0

ed at present at the Pic u Ship- yards and Mrs. Seaman at Brad- albane. P. E. 1.. and two brothers. Lorne. a st/orekeeper at Bradalbane. and Cedric on the farm at Spring- field. and a sister. _Irene. Mrs. Ramsay of Hamilton, P. E. I.

A sad coincidence in connection with Rev. Mr. Seaman's death is that it occurred on the annivers-

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ary of his marriage. A memorial service was held in Salem United Church. River John. on Monday,

formidable defence line south Caen last night.

to the night assault which

time this

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500 Springfield several times.

”§oQQmS€ flqéQafiiil

fire department.

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apparently

Catherine

As Canadian and British armor drove forward during tho day more than 600 American boavies

opened the way to the northern an- y“... (m. the men-s senm 01g chor of the enemy's line in Norman- title of Prince Edward Island ta es d!’ place today over the Green Gables course at Cavendish it was learn- . It will be medal play over l8 holes and the title will be decided tomorrow. Thlsfisda idiilrect change firomutjhe way o ec ng ma ers n o ei- ' I - Then it was played in two sitlage% yvitéi play being laeldsover e eve ere course an um- This new method in vogue for the first season has been adopted in order - to cut down on time and travel-

__"rhe American assault originally

Local Man llmls

The followiriiglgteaestlfig itenra is g e , ass., n-

A seldom mentioned but highly important branch of the armed for- ces includes a large force of exper- ienced fire fighters who have fol- lowed the Allied invasion forces on- to the beachhesds of Normandy. These men, the pick of firemen from the Dominion of Canada and Grist Britain, have had months], ' an in many nstahces severa

|ll years. of hard-won experience in fighting war fires. At the head of

the fire fighting force which. im- Sf mediately foilowin D-Day. landed in France. la Lou A. Stewart of Charlottetown, Prince Ixlwam Zs- cl 1, y“, land. and a brother of Mrs. Jean S. Bemari, social editor of The Springfield Union. He has visited

goo Mr. Stewart was deputy chief .417 oi the Charlottetown fire Depart- ,9“ merit when. a little more than two .200 years ago. he responded to an em- ergency call for help in England. Several hundred Canadian firemen anwsered the call and. after a brief period of training in Ottawa, went to En land. They arrived in time _.__. to ass t in fighting some of the By The causal,“ p.15, worst of the fires set by the Nazi

Lou arouiiierd. French Canadian. raiders. Won the world's middleweight box- ing title at New York ll years ago Mr. Stewart. Shortly after reaching tonight. He sprawled Ben Jeby m England he became a “senior com- the canvas in seven rounds. nit held the crown only a few months,

PrOmOtiOns came in quickly for

pally officer", comparable to cap- tain of an American iii-e company. Dundee Oct. 30, A short time later he was elevated to a position on the same level with that held by a battalion chief or a district chief of an American

"- Bome months ago picked men __j§_°vf_iilijuf<él_f_rffflvase l‘) from the Canadian and English fire crews “We selected for trai- ning to accompany invading for- ces across the Channel. Before they By-standers said the riot start- ‘med Mr" smwan w“ 91”“

ed when a number or carloads m. full command of the forces with

men drove up to the Liberal head- fining“ "column wmmnn" quarters and were immediately set ' upon by another gang which came wgrumeh mmcmm 979mm‘ uring out of a nearby house. m“ “w “t mm m" F" d°m3' he fighting ended abruptl when 9 police moved in armed wit

is known. however. that their "up wiork ‘panama’ in “a lafge measure ' 0 XIII! RR N! n re-occup- as béombs which they didnt have i“ “mt/on sun“ by “H” "h Th The second affray was of much d"; and artillery Shem“- R h l . t b l’ li lzollltglelbrggknltolilp i310 peergloiilpgleg: m” wok Wm‘ “m” m‘ l \- "1 taken to hospital and two others mmqihll-rlgo apparatus. mill!!! 1t will’! import such equip- One o; mo” merit from England. 1i1=_==_.rlr-@en_~i=s:-ie w du-

_3,000 Allied War-planes Deal Nazis Heavy Blow

then the best out of five final i LONDON. Aug. 8 — (C?) -Fleets of 3.500 Allied warplanes dealt ter- Nels Whitlock and Bill Lawlor. rific blows to German stren th in ythe two officials who have hand- France last night and t ay strong support of the offensive that has carried the Allies within a lit- tie more than 100 miles of Paris. Pacing the hu e aerial assault. la more than 1.000 ritish and Can- adian heavy bomber blazed a pat for the lst Canadian Army offe sive which ripped open the enemy's

was scheduled at 1.000 heavy bom- ber strength. but at the last mom- ent the bomber chiefs decided that 600 could do the job and sent the other 4B0 heavies ranging over nor- thern France in smashes at enemy aiafields and robot bomb instal- one.

i It was estimated that 8.000 tons of high explosives cascaded in the two concentrated attacks on strong points that had barred the advance oi south of Caen. The R. A. P‘. and R. C. A. F. night bombers dro -

90d about 6,500 tons of that iota .

The attack by British and Can- adian Lancaster's and X-lallfaxes made aerial history. 1t was the first time that heavy bombers operated in support of ground troops after dark. The dazzlln night assault was hailed offlcia y as the clos- est support ever givlen ground for-

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ces by British heav Principal 0f Racliforil Square- School Resigns

The re-opening of the Cit Schools on Tuesday, Septembe¥ 0th. was decided at the regular monthly‘ meeting of the School Board eld on Monday.

The resignation of Sister Chris- tina Nelligan, Principal of Roch- ford Square School, was reluctant- 1y accepted. Sister Nelligan had been teaching at Rochford Square

school for twenty-five years and,

was very popular with teachers and pupils alike. Her position will be taken by Sister Ida Reid. form- erly vice-Principal of the school. ster Helen MacDonald will be the new vice-Princi al and Slater Terelsa DesRoches d vice-Prin-

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The prize of $15.00. awarded annually by the Board to the City School pupil making the highest marks in the Prince of Wales En- trance examinations, was won this year by Miss Jane Rundle of West Kent School.

Local Youth ls Convicted 0n Assault Gbargo

Convicted of assault a seventeen-

ear-old boy was fined y t d § stlpehdlary Magistrate glawfexetzlayy, 3

e finewaiag costs roughly aggre-

gating

According ‘to evidence submit-

ted at the ‘trial, the young men 91. fered to drive a young woman home from her work at a local restaur- ant. The time was about 1.80 in the morning.

After driving several miles into

the country, despite the girl's pro- MM. he be an makin improper SMIVSHCSS wit the resut that she

umped from the car and started

for th it f .

pkkedeu; {yon oot She was who drove her to tion where she made a complaint.

a passing motorist the police sta-

e young fellow was arrested a

lfzlfiztrt time later with the above re-

iection of the National Fire Ser-

vloe. which wok over control of all the start of the__war.

TILLIE THE TEITER_ UNIFORMWRACE.

Gimp Alr Trip: To Europa Possible

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Europe after the war. Munitions Minister Howe said today in the

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